Chapter 7: Gyaan Vigyana Yoga, verse 22
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते।
लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान् हि तान् ॥
Say itsa tayā śhraddhayā yuktas tasyārādhanam īhate
labhate cha tataḥ kāmān mayaiva vihitān hi tān
Translation
Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that form and obtains his desired outcome, which is ordained by Me alone.
Swami Sivananda
Being imbued with that faith, that person engages in worshipping that form, and they get those very desired results as dispensed by Me alone.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Endowed with that faith, he worships that form and thereby gets the objects of his desire, granted in reality by Me alone.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Endowed with that faith, he seeks to worship that deity and thereby receives his desired objects, which are ordained by none other than Me.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
If he worships one form alone with real faith, then his desires shall be fulfilled through that alone; for thus I have ordained.
Shri Purohit Swami
उस (मेरे द्वारा दृढ़ की हुई) श्रद्धासे युक्त होकर वह मनुष्य (सकामभावपूर्वक) उस देवताकी उपासना करता है और उसकी वह कामना पूरी भी होती है; परन्तु वह कामना-पूर्ति मेरे द्वारा विहित की हुई होती है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
वह (भक्त) उस श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर उस देवता का पूजन करता है और उससे मेरे द्वारा विधान किये हुये इच्छित भोगों को नि:सन्देह प्राप्त करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.